stat Display file and filesystem information. Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others: stat {{file}} Same as above but in a more concise way: stat -t {{file}} Show filesystem information: stat -f {{file}} Show only octal file permissions: stat -c "%a %n" {{file}} Show owner and group of the file: stat -c "%U %G" {{file}} Show the size of the file in bytes: stat -c "%s %n" {{file}}